Not long after we began to snorkel in Hawksnest Bay we came across this Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana). The ray was feeding as it stirred up the sandy bottom waiting to slurp up invertebrates
Downtown Cruz Bay, St. John, USVI.
This former GCSF / Santa Fe rail line is now owned by Heart of Texas Railroad HOTR which recently bought out the former, financially troubled, Gulf, Colorado, & San Saba Railroad (GCSR). HOTR was still operating (leasing?)the GCSR GP15s on this line with the exeception of one, notable grass fire starting, locomotive unit which is now stranded in Brady Texas. The three GP15 units were idle in the Lometa yard (BNSF interchange) at the time of the Sunday fire.
Posterous was a simple blogging platform started back in May 2008. I was an early user and liked it's simplicity and automated cross-posting. I could write an entry using the rich-text editor, add an image, and post it. Simple. But Posterous was designed for mobile blogging. I could send an email, with photo attachments, MP3s, documents, and video. That email too would be posted to the blog. Like I said, simplicity.
Posterous had its own URL shortening feature which could post to Twitter. Lastly, Posterous developed PicPosterous, an iPhone application that made it possible to post photos to Posterous directly. Way cool.
Sadly, this past February Posterous announced that they will be shutting down—they were acquired by Twitter. I have been able to back up my old Posterous account and will be reposting selected blogs entries from the old Posterous.
Posthaven, the Posterous "replacement," is a web-based service being developed by two creators of the original Posterous. They promise "websites come and go. This one is made to last forever." We'll see. Their business model is a $5/month fee which, they claim, is the incentive they need to keep it going … forever. "We'll never be acquired. We'll always keep our URLs online. We'll always keep it the best place to post,"
I hope so.
Thanks to Karie and John Galvin we have two new additions to our glass floats collection. Inspired by Japanese fishing floats, these colorful floats come from an annual tradition by artisans along the northern Oregon coast. http://www.squidoo.com/glassfloats
Thanks Karie and John!
The ticket expired one hour ago for our car in this parking lot. But it was alright; we spent an hour in Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena. I first went to Vroman's 44 years ago when I started teaching in Pasadena.
